News: SkyPony Revealed!

BlackjackTHZ said:

Image Hosted by Tripod!! w00t!

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bloops i got owned

joke if you will, but im putting that into the game, im making the max model right now, first mod, SKYPONY. See you then. Mush McGuffin Mush!!

Where do you put the quarters?

Ok, you promised it thrax this better end up in game.

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APRIL FOOLS
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i'd ride it

Candide said:

It was too obvious for a joke. They needed something more subtle but that would have obviously radically changed gameplay. Thats the beauty of April fools is to sneak up on someone so they don't think about the fact that its april first. Just subtle enough to make you wonder if its a possible addition....

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you get to play julia at age 5 in sp, maybe she will get to ride this.

would be a cool easter egg.

har har

What a sick twisted joke, but I did expect it, STILL SICK!

I want an ingame shot or sTFU ign

Ok......

now comes the REAL new vehicle?

.........after the joke you calm us down with some true info......coorect........waiting......waiting.........er

that is fudgeing tight

so, the dev team wont put in the time to model and code a targeting laser, but they'll spend however much time this sad, sad joke took to work through?

FoxMcCloud said:

I don't really care about the targeting laser, but I do agree that this was a waste of time.

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Yeah, a waste of time for the IGN editor and Chris who did all the work, taking away from everyone else's time that could be better spent... oh wait. Yeah, they didn't waste anyone's time except for mine. I read the page.

FoxMcCloud said:

I don't really care about the targeting laser, but I do agree that this was a waste of time.

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thrax is the producer

he probably has plenty of free time.

I knew it, I just knew it. Amusing article though.

And he's correct in assuming that none of us Tribes folks are modest

Tycho said:

so, the dev team wont put in the time to model and code a targeting laser, but they'll spend however much time this sad, sad joke took to work through?

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Think about this for a second. Who wrote the article?

An IGN editor and Thrax.

Does Thrax actually work on the game development team?

No.

Does the IGN editor work on the game?

No.

Did they go to the development team for the production of that 1-minute photoshop showcasing the pony concept art?

I'm sure the answer is no.

How long did it take Thrax to communicate with Menzo that he needed to create a post?

A few minutes on the phone, and a few minutes making the post on TW.

At any point does Menzo work on the game?

No, he's busy being PR. He can waste his time and the game still gets made.

So was any precious development time lost for a one page gag on IGN?

If you can't figure out the answer to this question Tycho, you're even stupider than your quoted post implies.

The resources that pay thrax are the same that pay KP so, yes, it does have an effect. If you're going to blindly argue every single thing posted without thinking one iota, you may be the first to grace my ignore list

My post actually took thought. And if you consider this minor grifting of office resources - the electricity it took to power the utilities for a few spare minutes and maybe the data storage it took to store the joke - to be a notable waste of Tribes development resources...

Well my good man, you've just taken cut-throat management to the level of absurdity.

its more the principle of saying they dont want to waste time and resources on putting something into the game and then following up with a predictable, pointless, and entirely unfunny april fools joke like this. It doesnt matter how much time or money it cost, it's that it cost it to the detriment of the game.

maybe he did this on his free time?

And there isnt any job that deals with computers where people are always working...shazbot....im a work right now.